I seek to embody this approach as I enter my sabbatical year. Very excited to be a member at the Institute for Advanced Study next year. Time to hang loose.
@spbrodsky For all (Opera, or Mozart, or Mahler)’s enchantment involves (of course!) accumulation of technocapitalism. I suppose I’m veering away from reading the film, BUT I’m I think there is a connection here with your assertion that (and again I am skeptical of your sample opinions)
@spbrodsky Not in an “this is a Tar moment”, but rather: what conditions were necessary for the orchestra to make this statement against this conductor, and what did they stand to gain or lose?
@spbrodsky I am thinking about the recent Kerfuffle at ye olde Metropolitan Opera when Stutzmann was quoted in the Times saying something about Die Zaüberflote opening up the orchestra pit and the (unionized) orchestra shot back. https://t.co/e7EhCMlTSO